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FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE 



Beetle.— Small, yellowish brown, mottled with black specks ; the elytra with a trans- 



\'erse dull white patch inclined inwards towards apex in apical half. Head deeply cleft 



on front; antennae with ist joint swollen, 



Description. 2nd very short, 3rd longer than any of 



rest, the joints decreasing in length from 



4th. Prothorax with a slight longitudinal median carina ; irregularly 



punctate. Elytra wider than thorax at base, slightly constricted 



from base, wider medianly, thence constricted -and rounded apicaliy ; 



striate and finely and irregularly punctate, the striae most prominent 



in lateral portions ; the whole of upper surface clothed with a 



sliort stift' yellow or grey pubescence. Under-surface of abdomen 



clothed with a long, dense, yellowish pubescence. Length, 8 mm. 



to 12 mm. Fig. 242. 



^^, . . , r . 1 1 1 f < • Hyairnis tistitlariiis. 



This insect was taken from the xyssv. o\ Anogen^u^ Pasc. Satara. 



latifolia, and is thought to be one 



Life History. of the longicorns whose grubs attack the bast and 



sapwood of this tree in Satara. The insect was taken 



by Mr. Young, the Range Officer, in June 1909. 



